Paint-brush



S. B. HILLS. PAINT BRUSH.

(Model.)

No. 498,392. Patented May 80,1893.

I [WEN T072 WIZWESSES W6 M .ziziornqy To all whom it may concern.-

UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS B. HILLS, vOF JERMYN, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAlNT-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 498,392, dated May 30; 1893. Application filed December 14, 1892. 7 Serial No. 455,113. (Model) Be it known that I, SILAS B. HILLS, a citizen ofthe Uni-ted States, residing at J ermyn, in the county of Lackawannaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint,Whitewash, and Calcimine Brushes; and I do hereby declarethe following to be at'ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable o th-' ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Y c I My invention relates to improvements in paint, white wash and ealciminev brushes and it consists in the novel construction and ar rangement of a band adapted to be applied to a brush handle and serving the threefold purpose of firmly holding the bristles orbrush; the handle thereto and drip receptacle whereby surplus paint, white wash and calcimine from the brush arecaught and retained and prevented from running onthe handle of the brush, all as will be hereinafter'morefully explained and particularly pointed out in the appended claim."

The annexed drawings, to which'refe'rence I is made, fully illustrate my inventiom'in which 1 Figure-l, represents a side view part sect-ional of my improved brush. Fig. 2, is also a side view and-Fig; 3 is a detail vertical sectional view, showing one of the channels. Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A, designates the paint, white wash a and calcimine brush, consist-ingot the handle a, brush or bristles b and the securing band 0. -This band is designed to hold the bristles to the handle as well as providing means, whereby surplus paint, white wash and calcim'ine are prevented-from running on the handle. This band is constructed with a continuous flange d which entirely sur-,

of the band 0, the samebeing connected thereto by the inelinedor angular-portion e ex? tending upwardly and outwardly leaving a space f between said flange and bristles'forminga receptacle forsurplus paint, whitewash and calcimine. This band is further provided with vertical channelsor cups g, which v v areclosed attheir lower end and open at their,

s 3 upper end, communicating [with theispace'f'; U

at the. opening h, thus relieving the space" from-overflow; the cups permitting the paint,

white Washfand calcimine to flow from said space into the same throughthe communia catingfopening h, and when the cups and-.-

space 'or receptacle f are filled with paint, oil

or varnish or white wash and calcim in'e the, brush can be held with bristles down, when the material-will flow from the cups and space T-h usitwill be seen from the foregoing 'd'e- I l 'sription d by reference to the annexed 6 orreceptacles upon the brushzift'desired, or: .1-

drawings, .that'the angular .portion, flange,

cups, and band are formed or. struck at a single piecev and -it.is durable and cheap to manufacture. What I claim is- In a brush,the band having a serieso'f vertical channels formed integraltherewitln the same open'at the top,'communicating with the space'aro'und the bristles and closed atthe bottom, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. SILAS B. HILLS.

Witnesses: I

JOHN CAMPBELL, BARTLEY COGGINS. 

